Virender Sehwag reveals how he missed his triple hundred against Sri Lanka

Known as one of the most destructive batsmen of his generation, former India opener Virender Sehwag was known for his fearless approach. The right-hander had the ability to decimate any bowling attack in the world single-handedly on his day. Recently, in a chat show, the 39-year-old got reminiscing and revealed how he missed his third triple century in a match against Sri Lanka at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai played in the last month of 2009.

Speaking in a chat show hosted by Vikram Sathaye called ‘What the Duck’ Sehwag shared an instance when legendary off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan dismissed him seven runs short of another triple century. Sehwag admitted that it was only time when he cared about reaching a milestone but ultimately couldn’t make it

The swashbuckling right-hander was unbeaten at 283 or 284 on day 1 and the next morning he said to the then head coach Gary Kirsten that he wouldn’t warm-up as he is too tired and decided to do normal stretching and knocking before the start of the play.

Sachin agreed to gift Sehwag if he scored the triple hundred

The big-hitting batsman continued that while walking he was roaming around when he met Sachin Tendulkar and asked something from him if he scored the triple hundred. To which Sachin asked what he wanted, and Sehwag in his sarcastic manner replied that he would tell him after he scores the triple hundred; however, Sachin agreed to that.

Sehwag was elated as he was confident about scoring the triple hundred and reaching the milestone while he was batting in the middle which he admitted has never happened before during the other two triple hundreds.

Sehwag further stated it was like he was only batting to reach that 300 run mark to get that gift from Sachin; however, his wish was not fulfilled as he was dismissed by Muralitharan on 293 runs with a brilliant ‘doosra’ while playing it on the onside for a single.